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A&E Network

Dan Silberman was promoted to vice president of publicity, A&E Network. He was senior director of publicity, and had been director of press and publicity at Bravo Network.

AvatarLabs

Donna Arrogante was named online media designer at motion graphics and online design studio AvatarLabs. She was a freelance designer for AvatarLabs, involved in The Ant Bully, Happy Feet, Miami Vice and Night at the Museum.

CMC

Sam Klosterman was named director of the distributor services sales unit, Comcast Media Center. He was vice president of affiliate sales for Lime.

Also, Lisa Padilla was promoted to director of content services. She was account director.

Dianne DeBerard was promoted to director of marketing, Comcast Media Center. She was a senior marketing manager.

Ed Nunez was named account director, content services. He comes from GSN, where he was an executive consultant.

Patty Graner was promoted, from customer solutions manager and account manager for commercial services to account manager, content services.

And Mark Gueller was promoted to account manager, distributor services. He was a product development manager.

CNBC

Trish Regan was named general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for business day programming at CNBC. She was a news correspondent, covering U.S. and Latin American policies for CBS Evening News and The Early Show.

Comcast

Comcast named Ellen Rosson vice president and general manager of tis systems in Huntsville and Florence, Ala. She had been division vice president for the Southern Division’s “Think Customer First” program.

Fox News Channel

Dana Klinghoffer was promoted to manager of media relations at Fox News Channel. She was senior publicist.

Gospel

Gregory Madsen was named director of affiliate sales, Southeast region, Gospel Music Channel. He had managed the Comcast and Time Warner Cable accounts for HBO in Atlanta.

GSN

Chad O’Hara was named executive director of business and legal affairs at games network GSN. He was an associate at Los Angeles law firm Leopold, Petrich and Smith.

Hallmark

Tara Donnelly was promoted to director of consumer marketing at Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. She will continue her duties as senior manager of consumer marketing.

MTV Networks

Tanya Giles was promoted to senior vice president of research and planning at MTV Networks Entertainment Group. She was senior VP, research and planning, TV Land.

NBC Universal

Atsushi Miyasaka was named vice president of sales liaison, Japan, for NBC Universal International Television Distribution. He was VP and deputy managing director, Walt Disney TV International, Japan.

Nielsen

Mitchell Habib was named executive vice president of global business services at The Nielsen Co. He was chief information officer for Citigroup’s North America consumer businesses.

Sadler & Dorchester

Zelda Martens was named senior director of business development at ad agency Sadler and Dorchester. She has 12 years experience in broadband and telecom marketing, and was on the board of Cable Positive’s Denver chapter.

Sony Pictures

Todd Miller was named executive vice president and managing director, Asia, at Sony Pictures Television International. He was senior VP and managing director, Asia.

Spectrum

Jim Rapsas was named senior vice president of development and production at Spectrum Productions. He was VP of development and production for Discovery Kids.

Synchronoss

Neil Handelsman was named director of sales and business development at on-demand software provider Syncrhonoss Technologies. He ran sales for cable markets in the New England region at BearingPoint.

TNS

Heather Symmes was named director of MSO marketing strategy at Turner Network Sales. She was director of affiliate marketing for Gospel Music Channel.

TV Guide

Brad Westermann was named vice president, Western regional sales, TV Guide Channel. He was a senior sales executive at Court TV.

Also, Adam Nash was promoted to vice president, Eastern regional sales. He has been with the advertising team since 2004.

Eric Johnson was promoted to director of TV Guide Channel’s Chicago sales office. He was account executive.

And Megan Gormley was named manager of the Detroit sales office. She was sales director in the Detroit headquarters for Court TV.